Ahmed El Fishawy's 'Alive or Dead' to Open Hurghada Youth Cinema Festival's Fourth Edition
Egyptian outlets report the Ahmed El Fishawy film has been chosen as the opening picture for this year's Hurghada Youth Cinema Festival.
15 August 2026
The film "Ahyaa Am Amwat" (Alive or Dead), starring Ahmed El Fishawy, has been selected as the opening film of the fourth edition of the Hurghada Youth Cinema Festival, according to multiple Egyptian entertainment and news outlets, including Cairo24, Vetogate, Akhbar El-Youm and Al-Masry Al-Youm.
The announcement was carried in near-identical terms by at least eight separate Egyptian outlets on Friday, a pattern consistent with an official festival announcement rather than a single unconfirmed report.
The news follows the festival's recent confirmation of a new "Sound of Cinema" section, with singer Hamada Helal named as its first honoree, as previously reported by Hurghada News.
None of the reports carrying the announcement included the festival's opening date, venue details, the rest of the lineup beyond the opening film, or a plot synopsis for "Alive or Dead." Hurghada News will update this story as further details are confirmed.
The youth film festival has become a fixture of Hurghada's summer cultural calendar, drawing Egyptian film industry figures to the Red Sea resort city and giving residents and visiting film fans a rare home-turf premiere.